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URBANTRANS FIRM OVERVIEW Our Mission: “To create sustainable environments by developing and advancing innovative transportation solutions.” UrbanTrans North America (UrbanTrans) is a woman operated and owned urban and transportation planning and social marketing firm with North American offices in Atlanta, Toronto, Denver, and Washington, D.C. UrbanTrans specializes in innovative transportation solutions, with a focus on multimodal transportation planning, demand management programs, market-based policies, stakeholder outreach and strategic planning. Additionally, UrbanTrans develops and implements marketing plans and campaigns specifically designed to alter travel behavior. Our audience-focused marketing strategies produce solutions designed to create sustainable travel behavior that improves our environment and communities. Our clients include public agencies, commercial developers, special-purpose districts, metropolitan planning organizations, employers and transportation management associations (TMAs). UrbanTrans has a reputation for developing effective, non-traditional transportation solutions that maximize the performance of existing transportation investments and enhance travel options. Our philosophy is that increasing the availability and viability of convenient travel choices for all travelers benefits communities, employers, developers and citizens by reducing transportation infrastructure spending, alleviating congestion and improving air quality. Developing a balanced, multi-modal transportation system also supports more efficient and flexible land use alternatives for both public agencies and commercial developers. Project: Client: Downtown Syracuse TDM and Parking Management Study Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Syracuse, New York, USA Downtown Syracuse identified a likely future shortage in parking based on anticipated development within the city’s core. In addition, certain geographic areas within the core already suffered from parking shortages. UrbanTrans was hired to lead the effort to identify how best to manage the parking and transportation needs of residents, employees and visitors in downtown Syracuse through the application of TDM strategies, including, but not limited to, the formation of a TMA. As part of the study process UrbanTrans identified and reviewed existing transportation services; conducted one-on-one interviews with employers, property managers, developers and transportation agencies in the area; designed, managed and evaluated surveys of area employers and employees; analyzed area-wide transportation and development trends; reviewed transportation best practices in similar communities; and conducted multiple stakeholder meetings. The study determined that many transportation services existed but were not being coordinated or effectively marketed to area travelers. While the study identified the need for transportation demand management services, it also found that a TMA was not likely to be effective. A transportation stakeholders’ organization was recommended to encourage better coordination of transportation services and to advocate for infrastructure and service improvements. Recommendations were also made to improve bicycle parking, develop a guaranteed ride home service, develop a Website to consolidate transportation information, and conduct specialized marketing campaigns and challenges. Additional strategies were recommended with the long-term goal of reducing parking demand by 200 spaces.
Project: Client: Harriman Campus TMA Feasibility Study Capital District Transit Authority; Albany, New York, USA UrbanTrans conducted an assessment to determine the feasibility of a transportation management association (TMA) to serve the Washington Avenue Corridor in Albany, New York. The study was conducted on behalf of the Capital District Transportation Authority in partnership with local stakeholders including the State of New York, retailers, and the State University of New York (SUNY) – Albany. UrbanTrans completed one-on-one interviews with employers, property managers, developers and universities in the area; conducted employer and employee surveys and analyzed area-wide transportation and development trends to assess the feasibility of a long-term financially and politically sustainable TMA. The study found that current conditions are unlikely to support a TMA. In response, UrbanTrans developed a series of interim recommendations to address congestion within the study area and identified triggers that must be met before a TMA will become an effective option for addressing transportation issues. The plan also included a business plan to assist with the implementation of a potential TMA in the future. Project: Client: Contemporary Approaches to Parking Pricing: A Primer Federal Highway Administration; Washington, DC, USA The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is actively working to educate government agencies throughout the United States of the benefits associated with congestion pricing policies. As part of this effort, FHWA hired UrbanTrans to develop a primer that discussed current practices in parking pricing, available technology to assist with the implementation of parking pricing programs, options to encourage developers and employers to implement parking pricing, options for dealing with preferred users and recommendations for obtaining public acceptance for parking pricing programs. The primer also included case studies with information on innovative parking programs being implemented in the United States in cities such as Seattle; San Francisco; Washington, DC and Aspen. The primer was well received and UrbanTrans staff have been invited to presented information from the primer at the IPI, ACT and TRB annual conferences. In addition, the information has been presented as part of an IPI Webinar. References Lydia Thornton Employer & Vanpool Services Manager 511 Rideshare 70 Washington Street, Ste. 407 Oakland, CA 94607 (510) 273-3620 Office Sean McIntosh Atlantic Station Association Manager/CB Richard Ellis 271 17 th Street, Suite 575 Atlanta, GA 30363-1032 (404) 898-2500
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